{"product_id":"the-worlds-great-speeches-fourth-enlarged-1999-edition","title":"The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis outstanding compendium of 292 great speeches contains addresses from nearly every historical era and nation  from the formal orations of ancient Greece and the speeches of Julius Caesar  to modern-day addresses by Nelson Mandela  Ronald Regan and Vclav Havel. Among the memorable speeches included here are Pericles funeral oration  St. Bernards advocacy of the Second Crusade  William Jennings Bryans \"Cross of Gold\" speech  Winston Churchills \"Blood  Sweat and Tears\" address  Richard Nixons speech to the astronauts on the moon  Malcolm Xs address on the Black Revolution  and many more. Readers will also find time-honored declamations by St. Francis  Martin Luther  John Calvin  Napoleon  Victor Hugo  Leon Trotzky  Mohandas K. Gandhi  Dylan Thomas  Fulton J. Sheen  Adlai Stevenson  Walter Reuther  and many othersover 240 speakers in all. For this newly updated edition  Stephen J. McKenna  Assistant Professor of English at The Catholic University of America  has added 14 important speeches delivered between 1974 and 1997. These new selections include Barbara Jordans Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee for the Nixon Impeachment Proceedings (1974); Alexander Solzhenitsyns Harvard Commencement Address (1978); Ronald Regans First Inaugural Address (1981): Nelson Mandelas Address to a Rally in Cape Town on His Release from Prison (1990); Vclav Havels Address to a Joint Session of Congress (1990); the Earl of Spencers Tribute to Diana  Princess of Wales (1997); and more. Rich with drama of history  the speeches in this volume will serve you time and time again by suggesting provocative themes and historical parallels  and by providing apt quotations  important reference passages  and a wide range of other valuable material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945267523637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486409031","price":40.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486409030.jpg?v=1769880584","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-worlds-great-speeches-fourth-enlarged-1999-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}